Improved clothes-pin holder



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CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

du l Lette/rs Patewltt Ido. 93,905, dated August 17, 1869.

'ggPlv- IMPRO VED CLOTHES-PIN HOLDER.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent, and making part of theuamo.

To all whom. 'it 'may conce/r11.:

' Be it known that I, V. REIFSNIDER, of Chicago, in the county of Cook, and in the State of' Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Clothes- Pin Holders; and do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing,r making a part of lthis specicatiornin whichfe- Figure 1 is a perspective view, and v Figure 2, a central cross-section of my improved de vice. w

Letters of like namel and kin-d refer to like 'parts in cach of the figures. l g

The object of my invention is to furnish a convenient and compact port-able receptacle for clothes-pins; and to this end, l

It consists in asuita-ble box or frame, provided with a series of parallel slats for holding the pins in avertical, position, and having a vertical standard, or handle, provided at its upper end with an open curved, slot, by means of which said handle and holder'may he snspended om a clothes-line.

It further consists, in combination with the above, in the employment ot' a lever so pivoted, ciihi's'aid handle,- as that one of its ends is, by means` 'of a spring, caused to press against vsaid line, when within said slot, and firmly secure Ithe holder thereto, what ever its inclination. i

In the annexed drawing- A represents the body lof' the holdercc'si`,sting of the side and end pieces a anda', respectivelyjthe'latf" ter of which, at their upper ends, slope' npwrdrm the outer side to the centre, as'seen in igi 2. V

Through the centre of the holder, lengthwise, ex tends a 'vertical partition a",.its ends being secured to the end pieces a. Y'

b l) represent a series of slats, secured atlther .nds to the end-pieces a',- so as to occupy positions par llel with and equidistant from each other and the sides a. and partition a. These slats are placdd'with'their sides inl a vertical position, and, .being ofsuitable thickness to permit a clothes-pin to be passed'over their edges, serve as a support for said pins, which are always retained in a vertical position.

C represents a standard, or handle, secured to and extending upward from the centre of the partition-a", near the upper end of which is a slot, c, which exA tends downward and outward in a curve, by. means of which said handle may' be suspended from a clothesline.

In order that the holder may be prevented from slipping upon the line when, as is usually the case, said line is not horizontal, a lever, D, is pivoted at d, within a corresponding slot in the handle, so that its upper end may pass through the slot c, and rest against the opposite side. v

A spiral spring, w, placed between the handle and the lower end ofthe lever, presses the latter outward, and causes its upperend to bear against and securely bind the line when placed within the slot c.

The holder may be instantly released from the line by clasping the handle and lever with sutcient pressure to close them together.

This device furnishes a convenient and compact means for storing clothes-pins, when not in use, and from the accessible position occupied by each pin, and from the ease with which the holder can' be suspended from and 'secured to the line,l it will be readily seen that great convenience will result from its use.

Having thus fully set forthV the nature and merits of my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Let- The within-described holder for clothes-pins, consisting,T of the body A, provided with the slats b b, standard or handle C, provided with the slot c, lever D, and spring x, or its equivalent, all constructed and arranged substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing, I have herelunto set my hand, this 20th day of July, 1869.

V.y REIFSNIDER.

Writnesses:

I. D. RICHARDS, WM. HARTELL. 

